by Katherine Concepcion | Feb 20, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Department of Public Health illegally paid volunteers on a peer review committee tasked with examining applications for state stem cell funding, according to auditors. The department paid $25,863 to volunteers members of the Stem Cell Research Peer Review...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog, General, Health Care
The Affordable Care Act won’t work for exactly the reason it is constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts pleased many of his detractors by ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional because it is a tax. However, the goal of the ACA – better health...
by Suzanne Bates | Jan 26, 2013 | Economy, Education, Features, General, Health Care
This week two more examples surfaced of how men are falling behind women, lending credence to the national narrative that men – particularly young men – are struggling to keep up. More young men than young women in Connecticut drop out of high school, and the state’s...
by Suzanne Bates | Jan 18, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care
The state is moving closer to the creation of a database that will track the intimate details of our medical choices – linking our social security numbers, dates of birth and other demographic information to the health care we receive. While the regulations for this...
by Suzanne Bates | Jan 10, 2013 | Features, General, Health Care, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
According to all signs and indicators Connecticut is in a financial mess. While other states are starting to see signs of recovery and job growth, Connecticut still faces high unemployment, continued budget deficits and an onerous tax burden on the state’s families....
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 11, 2012 | Economy, Features, Health Care, Politics
An interrelated group of nursing home companies filed suit Wednesday against the union striking at five Connecticut locations, alleging extortion under a federal law designed to fight the mob. HealthBridge, owner of eight nursing homes in Connecticut including three...
